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Bazelon Center urges reduction of jail population with MI
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32318
Subject(s) - medicaid , mental illness , center (category theory) , mental health , population , covid-19 , psychiatry , political science , medicine , public administration , law , environmental health , health care , disease , chemistry , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , crystallography
Amid the COVID‐19 crisis, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law released a statement April 6 urging all jurisdictions to: (1) immediately release a majority of the individuals with mental illness held in jails and (2) take immediate steps to divert from jail the majority of individuals with mental illness who are arrested. Some emergency funding is available to support these efforts, officials stated. In addition, Medicaid funding is available for services, especially in Medicaid expansion states.